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J. SIEGEL.

RAILWAY RAIL JOINT. No. 355,725. Patented Jan; 11, 1887'.

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UN TE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SIEGEL, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

RA|LWAY -RAIL JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,725, dated January11, 1887.

l Application filed October 14, 1886. Serial No. 216,228. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN SIEGEL, of the city of Montreal, in the Provinceof Quebec, Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Railway-Rail Joints, of which the following is a specification,referenoe being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.1

My invention relates to the manner of j oining and connectingrailway-rails- The objects of my invention are to provide a morecontinuous bearing for the wheel-tires,

and thereby increase the life of the rails by re- (lucing the wear atthe joint, where, it is well known, rails do give way first; to increasethe life of the wheel-tires by avoiding the shock occasioned each time atire is passing over an open joint of ordinary construction; further, toreduce the liability to accident from derailment owing to a want of roombetween the ends of rails for expansion; to increase the comfort intraveling by avoiding the succession of slight shocks occasioned by thepassing of the tires over open joints; to reduce frequency and cost ofrepairs to the permanent way, and to provide these advantages withoutmaterial extra cost over ordinary joints.

My invention consists, mainly, of a joint formed by cutting the end ofeach rail bevel or oblique at the head and web, and to remove a piece ofthe foot, severing it from the web and leaving the end square, so thatthe head and web project beyond the foot, leaving a gap in thecontinuity of the foot when two ends are joined, said gap being filledby a foot corresponding to the rail-foot formed integrally on one of thefish-plates, the latter being bolted together through the rails in theusual manner and spiked to the tie or ties.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a joint constructed in accordance withmy invention. Fig. 2 is a top View of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection on line a: x, Figs.'5 and 6. Fig. 4 is a longitudinalverticalsection on line 3 3 Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on linez z,Figs. 2 and 3, being through the center of the joint. Fig. 6 is across-section on line 0 0, Figs. 2 and 3, showing the ordinary rail andfish-plate section. Fig. 7 is a perspec tive view of a rail end. Figs. 8and 9 are perspective views of the fish-plates.

R R are two adjacent rail ends,having their heads and webs cut andjoined at an angle of forty-five degrees,forming the oblique joint A,overlapping laterally. The foot is cut square on the line A a shortdistance back of the heel, of the head and web, being severed from theweb parallel at the line where the web begins to thicken out into thefoot. Elongated bolt-holes r r are, as usual, provided in the rail endsand at the usual distance apart. F F are the fish-plates, extending theusual length along the web of each rail, and may be of any convenientcross-section, such as bears properly on the head and foot of the rail,a common form being shown in Fig. 6. I

One of the fish plates, F, has a foot, f, formed integrally with itataright angle on the inner side and corresponding in section and lengthto the two pieces of foot cut from the adjacent rail ends and adapted toproject under and support the web and take the place of the portions cutaway, a raised shoulder, f being formed under the web by reducing theouter portion of the foot in thickness. The foot f is also extended toproject on the other (outer) side of the fish-plate, forming a ledge orflange, f, a'tfording convenient hold for the spike-heads S in securingthem upon the ties T. The fish plate is also given an extra thickness,f, for a length extending over and beyond the foot f, in order to obtainthe required strength. The other fish-plate, F, is provided with twoprojections, F, fitting snugly upon the rail-foot and in position tocover the two joints formed by theends at the fish-plate foot f and therail-foot ends A, room being left in these joints for expansion. Thefish-plates are provided with bolt-holes in the usual manner, and boltedtogether through the rail-web by bolts B B, the central ones beinglonger, owing to theincreased thickness of the fish-plate.

The joint A may be of any convenient angle, the longer or more acuteaffording the smoothest running-surface for the tire, but may beobjectionable as regards wear, on account of its sharp points or ends,which are weak,while a shorter or more obtuse angle must not be usedthan will effectually cover the open space left for expansion, so that asquare (representing the tread of the tire) laid across the rail shallalways be on one or more solid parts of the head, the angle offortyprojections to cover the joints in the rail-foot, said fish-platesbolted through the web of the rails in the usual manner, substantiallyas shown and described.

2. The. combination of the rail ends R, the bevel-joint A, extendingthrough head and web of the rails and causing them to overlap laterallythe square back-set ends A of the rails, the fish-plate F, extrathickness f, foot f f,

and shoulder f on said fish-plate, the fishplate F, projections Fthereon, and the bolts B and B,'substantially as shown and described. 3.The combination of a fish-plate, F, foot "f, corresponding to therail-foot, and

to the obliquity and lateral overlap of the rail f f ends, the action ofthe tire upon them is smoother and less destructive, resulting ingreatercomfort in traveling andincreased life of the rails and tires,while the space left for expansion, being made lessobjectionable by itsobliquity, may be made more ample, and consequently more safe.

I claim as my invention- 1. A railway-rail joint formed by beveling thehead and web of each rail end so as to overlap each otherlaterally andcutting off a piece of the rail-foot square, so as to undercut the web,the rail ends connected by two fishplates, onehaving a footcorresponding to and replacing the piece cut from the foot of each rail,said foot extending on the outer side of the plate, and the latterhaving an extra thickness for a length extending over and beyond 7 saidfoot, the other fish-plate provided with swell f, substantially as shownand described.

4. The combination of the fish-plate F and the projections F,substantially asshown and described.

5. The combination of the fish'plate F, foot f, rails R, and recessesformed by the shortening of the rail-foot, substantiallyassetforth.

6. The combination of the rails R, each having its foot shortenedsquare, the fish-plate F, foot f f, fish-plate F, projections F, andbolts B B.

Signed at Montreal, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, this 7th dayof October, 60 A. D. 1886.

JOHN SIEGEL.

WVitnesses:

J. OORBIN, J OHN GRAY.

